Unedogemmula contigua

Unedogemmula contigua is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Unedogemmula contigua
Shell of † Unedogemmula contigua (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Unedogemmula
Species:
U. contigua
Binomial name
Unedogemmula contigua
(G.B. Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms

Gemmula (Unedogemmula) contigua (Brocchi, 1814)

Description

The length of the shell attains 24 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in Italy, Spain and Turkey; in Pliocene strata in Alpes-Maritimes, France.

References

  • Brocchi, John the Baptist. Sub-Apennine fossil shellology with geological observations on the Apennines and on the adjacent soil by G. Brocchi... With sixteen copper plates. Volume one [-second]: 1 . Royal Printing House, 1814.


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